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The Ferrari in the Bedroom


Jean Shepherd 1972
Dodd, Mead

ISBN #0-396-06660-7

Copyright: 1972 Dodd, Mead


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Published in 1972, this book is a compilation of many of the stories which first appeard in Car and Driver Magazine and several other publications. Library of Congress #: 72-3923
Chapters: 1 - "I Hear America Singing; or "Leaves of Grass Revisited" 2 - "Straight Shooters Always Win" - Dick Tracy 3 - An Independent Survey Today Announced (C&D - March 1972 ) (Also appeared in "Crazy Magazine" issue #1 Oct 1973) 4 - The Man of the Future May Be a Woman 5 - Confessions of a TV Fisherman 6 - Harold's Super Service (C&D - Sep 1971) 7 - The Rosetta Stone of American Culture 8 - One Day the Fog Lifted - 9 - Fun City (C&D - Aug 1971) 10 - S.P.L.A.T.! 11 - 43 Miles on the Gauge (C&D - Dec 1971) 12 - The Great Chicken-Clawed Chooser 13 - The Drive-In Confessional (C&D - Nov 1971) 14 - The Indy 500 15 - Lifetime Guarantee ("Grump Magazine" Issue #10, January, 1967) 16 - Moose Area Next 18 Miles (C&D - Oct 1971) 17 - Great Expectations; or the War of the Worlds ( First appeared in Nov 1970 "National Lampoon") 18 - Little America, I Love You (C&D - Feb 1972) 19 - Abercrombie's Bitch 20 - Lillian (C&D - May 1972) 21 - The Ferrari in the Bedroom (C&D - Jan 1972)
Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used
Time Category Date Title Comments
Short Stories and Columns by Shep The Ferrari in the Bedroom
Short Stories and Columns by Shep An Independent Survey Today Announced. . .
Short Stories and Columns by Shep An Independent Survey Today Announced. . .
Short Stories and Columns by Shep Harold's Super Service
Short Stories and Columns by Shep Fun City
Short Stories and Columns by Shep S.P.L.A.T.
Short Stories and Columns by Shep 43 Miles on the Gauge
Short Stories and Columns by Shep Drive-In Confessional
Short Stories and Columns by Shep Police Brutality in Nirvana or Does Life Carry a 24 Thousand Mile Warranty?
Short Stories and Columns by Shep Moose Area: Next 18 Miles
Short Stories and Columns by Shep Great Expectations or The War of the Worlds (With thanks to Harold Pinter, or was it Charles Dickens?)
Short Stories and Columns by Shep Little America I Love You
Short Stories and Columns by Shep Lillian
Booksignings:
Date Location
December 1, 1972 Plainfield Bookhouse
February 20, 1973 Bambergers Monmouth Mall
February 21, 1973 Bambergers East Brunswick Mall
February 21, 1973 Bambergers Cherry Hill Mall
February 22, 1973 Bambergers Garden State Plaza
February 22, 1973 Bambergers Willowbrook Mall
Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:
Time Date Category Title
May 7, 1973 Article Auction Benefits Cultural Council
November 9, 1972 Radio Martha Deane Show
January 1, 1973 Radio Martha Deane Show
December 30, 1972 Radio NBC Monitor
Links to Further Information:
• The Ferrari in the Bedroom
Related Articles / Reviews:
Date Publication Title
January 3, 1982 Asbury Park Press Humorist finds N.J. 'fascinating'
Gretchen C Van Benthuysen
January 14, 1973 Chicago Tribune Say, What Country Is This? Review
Herb Daniels
Photos:


November 1972
Ferrari in the Bedroom - Ad


November 1972
Ferrari in the Bedroom - 1st Paperback cover


November 1972
Ferrari in the Bedroom - 2nd Paperback cover


November 1972
Ferrari in the Bedroom - 3rd Paperback cover


November 1972
Ferrari in the Bedroom - Orig title Page


December 1972
Village Voice Offices - Line drawing from Ferrari in the Bedroom


1972
Various IGWT paperback ads


March 18,1973
Ferrari in the Bedroom - Ad 3rd printing